Month: May 2023

Howdy all!
I hope you had an amazing 3 day weekend! I spent the weekend working around the house, getting some things on my to do list done, and had a great paddle on the river! But best of all, I used the massage gift certificate I got from y’all and it was INCREDIBLE! 1.5 hours of pure bliss! Thank you!

A few notes to get you going:
1) Grade 1 heads to Benham Falls on Tuesday!

2) SIW this week is Teacher directed.

3) Our second and last Cafe Amity of the year is on Wednesday hosted by Grade 4.

4) We have set the date for a Volunteer Appreciation Tea on Friday, June 9 at 8:30am. We’ve sent out a general invite that simply invites anyone who has volunteered this year. We’ll have tea and snacks for the parents, and I’m working on a way to have all of you pop in to say thanks at some point. Likely we’ll have K-2 teachers pop in for 5 minutes while the EAs watch your classes, then we’ll do the same for 3-5. I’ll confirm the plan next week.

5) IMPORTANT NOTE: The doors out to the playground can only be propped open during Choice Time and lunch recess and should be shut at all other times. If you are the last one to come in off the playground please be sure the door is shut. We are only doing this right now because the doors can no longer be unlocked with the allen wrench–the crash bars will be replaced this summer. In the meantime we’ll prop the door open while students are on the playground and we’ll keep it shut at all other times. Thank you for helping with this!

6) Looking ahead to the last week, please be sure you have read the email I sent at the end of last week and let me know if you have any comments, things to add, or concerns. ALSO, three important notes about the last week:
*Only K-2 will have enrichment the last week (I’m guessing you already figured this out but wanted to be sure)
*We’ll have PE Mon-Wed only during the last week
*Wednesday is a FULL DAY, out at 2:30pm

Upcoming:
May 30: Grade 1 to Benham Falls
May 31: Cafe Amity, Grade 4 hosts
June 1: SIW Teacher directed
June 5/6: Camp Amity
June 7: SIW Teacher directed
June 8: Memory Book night for Grades 2, 3, and 4
June 9: Volunteer Appreciation Tea, 8:30am
June 13: Family BBQ, 5-7pm. (Kinder Orientation 4:30-5pm)
June 14: Grade 5 Celebration and gifts
June 15: Grade 5 Graduation, 5pm
June 16: Last Day!

Here’s to a great week ahead!

Hello Team!
I hope you had a fantastic weekend! We’re in the home stretch, enjoy every moment of it!

*Theme for this month: Perseverance (something we can all relate to!)
*Next month’s theme: Gratitude
*Have something to add to the Theme doc? School-wide themes

A few notes for the week:
1) Fire drill on Tuesday at 9:20am.

2) SIW this week, and for the rest of the year, is your time!

3) Summit Play on Friday, all classes. 8:45am in the gym.

4) As you begin your Grows and Glows I wanted to re-share some guidelines we created in the past–please be sure to have a quick look through these guidelines before starting your Gs and Gs. Grows and Glows Guidelines

5) Bowling update: We’re not doing a bowling fundraiser this year. We’ll revisit this next year.

6) As I mentioned last week we earned about $2,400 of credit with Scholastic Books. There’a a catalogue on the staff room and here is the link if you want to look for books. Send the titles to me and I’ll get them ordered for you. Scholastic Books

7) Just sharing the notes I took at SIW last week related to School-wide themes–if there’s something I missed let me know:
*Some themes were harder than others
*Let’s engage families
*Visibility helps–in classrooms, hallway, parent communications
*Enjoy when theme is tied into Community Time
*Let’s have as much art connected to themes as possible
*Picture books have been very helpful
*Having time to discuss theme and prep a few weeks before is really helpful
*School wide projects were great (ex: Kindness Quilt)

Upcoming:
May 23: Fire Drill, 9:20am
May 24: SIW Teacher directed
May 26: Summit Theater “How I Became A Pirate”, 8:45am-ALL Classes
May 29: No School!
May 30: Grade 1 to Benham Falls
May 31: Cafe Amity, Grade 4 hosts
June 1: SIW Teacher directed
June 5/6: Camp Amity
June 7: SIW Teacher directed
June 8: Memory Book night for Grades 2, 3, and 4
June 13: Family BBQ, 5-7pm. (Kinder Orientation 4:30-5pm)
June 14: Grade 5 Celebration and gifts
June 15: Grade 5 Graduation
June 16: Last Day!

Here’s to a great, and beautiful week ahead!
Andy

I hope you enjoyed the amazing Spring weekend! Sunshine and warm temps make everything better! I got out and did a little tree fishing while I was in Corvallis…

I hope that you all felt the love last week and know that you are truly appreciated! I get daily comments from parents about how incredible you all are. I feel so fortunate to work with all of you!

Before the rest of the notes, a big CONGRATS to Ray who will be receiving an Excellence in Education award on June 1. Ray’s tireless 30+ year commitment to bringing joy, excitement, and academic exploration into the classroom is truly extraordinary! Ray, thanks for inspiring all of us with your enthusiasm for this work we do with children.

A few notes for the week ahead:
1) Grade 2 is headed to Fall River on Monday and Warm Springs on Thursday!

2) Grade 4 is headed to Klamath Outdoor School Wednesday-Friday!

3) SIW on Wednesday at 1:30-Brian’s room. Agenda items will include reflection on School-wide Themes, follow up from the listening sessions, and beginning a conversation about next year.

4) Our first Cafe Amity post-pandemic is on Wednesday hosted by Grade 5. Doors will open at 7:30am and we’ll shut things down at 8am.

5) Rubbish Renewed (big fundraiser for REALMS) is this Saturday and we have two pairs of students who will have a garment in the show. If you can, come out and see Nora/Sam and Neve/Clair. Here’s the link if you’re interested: Rubbish

6) Grade 5 Graduation: We’ll have our community celebration on Wednesday, June 14 in the morning (will include a few speeches, a slide who, and class gifts), and our family celebration on Thursday, June 15 at 5pm.

7) SLGGs…each of you needs to sign yours soon. Please stop by the office when you have a chance.

Upcoming:
May 17: SIW School based
May 17-19: Grade 4 Klamath Outdoor Science School
May 23: Fire Drill, 9:20am
May 24: SIW School based
May 26: Summit Theater “How I Became A Pirate”, 8:45am-ALL Classes
May 29: No School
June 5/6: Camp Amity
June 7: SIW Teacher directed
June 13: Family BBQ, 5-7pm. (Kinder Orientation 4:30-5pm)
June 14: Grade 5 Celebration and gifts
June 15: Grade 5 Graduation
June 16: Last Day!

Here’s to a great, and beautiful week ahead!
Andy

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Get ready to be deeply appreciated this week. Quick reminder that lunch is being provided for you on Tuesday (FOA) and Thursday (Borkowski family), and breakfast is being provided on Wednesday by the superheroes of Amity (Patti, Karima, Diane, me 😁).

A few notes for the week:
1) American Fidelity is here today (Monday)–be sure you have all the documents you need!

2) SIW this week is Teacher directed–enjoy the time!

3) DIBELS on Wednesday. There will be a parent volunteer here to pull kiddos from your class. Tentative order: Grade 5, Grade 4, Kinder, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3.

4) Don’t forget your Eval/Goals meeting with me this week and next:

Monday, May 8: 2:45pm	Brian
Tuesday, May 9: 7:00am	Lauren
Tuesday, May 9: 7:20am	Haley
Tuesday, May 9: 2:45pm	Amanda
Tuesday, May 9: 3:10pm	Lindsey
Wednesday, May 10: 7:20am	Sara
Thursday, May 11: 7:00am	Frans
Monday, May 15: 3:10pm	Ray

5) Just keeping this on your radar–Grade 5 gift.

6) It’s Book Fair week! We’ve had to change the Monday schedule in order to free up the gym a little earlier for lunch set-up. Here’s the schedule for the classes to visit the book fair (but no purchasing on Monday):
8:30-8:50       Kindergarten and Grade 5
8:50-9:10       Grades 1 and 4
9:10-9:30       Grades 2 and 3

As a reminder, the book fair will be held each morning at the back of the gym, and parents are encouraged to stay and shop with their children after Community Time. In order to help things flow smoothly, we are going to schedule different days for each grade to shop. Here is the schedule:
*Monday, 8th May:Each class will be taken to the book fair by their teacher, to browse the books and make a wish list of books they would like to purchase. This is a preview day, so parents will not attend and no books will be sold this day.
*Tuesday, 9th May, after Community Time for 30 minutes: Grades 3 and 5 are invited to shop the book fair
*Wednesday, 10th May, after Community Time for 30 minutes: Kindergarten and 1st grade are invited to shop the book fair
*Thursday, 11th May, after Community Time for 30 minutes, Grades 2 and 4 are invited to shop the book fair
*Friday, 12th May, after Community Time for 30 minutes AND during Bread & Jam in the afternoon, anyone who was not able to attend earlier in the week is invited to shop book fair.

The bookfair will also be open online for 2 weeks from the 8th-21st May. You can access the online book fair through the link at the bottom of the book fair homepage, here:  https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/amitycreek Any books purchased online will be shipped directly to your home. 

7) I will be at a training all day Wednesday–call or text if you need anything, I will be just up the road at Elk Meadow.

8) Finally, Grade 5 heads to the coast Wednesday through Friday this week-bon voyage!

Upcoming:
May 8-12: Teacher Appreciation Week! Be ready to be appreciated!
May 9: Teacher Appreciation Lunch, hosted by FOA
May 10: DIBELS
May 10: SIW Teacher directed
May 10-12: Grade 5 Newport Trip
May 10: Teacher Appreciation Bfast, hosted by EAs and Andy
May 11: Lunch courtesy of the Borkowki family
May 17: SIW School based
May 17-19: Grade 4 Klamath Outdoor Science School
May 23: Fire Drill, 9:20am
May 24: SIW School based
May 26: Summit Theater “How I Became A Pirate”, 8:45am-ALL Classes
May 29: No School
June 5/6: Camp Amity
June 7: SIW Teacher directed
June 13: Family BBQ, 5-7pm. (Kinder Orientation 4-5pm)
June 15: Grade 5 Graduation
June 16: Last Day!

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy